Szymon Cybart

I first went to a climbing wall with my dad. I was 14, and a brand-new centre had just opened in my hometown of Płock. That's how it all started.

My passion for the sport made me turn everything around, and in 2023 I moved to Kraków. It was a whole new chapter — a new perspective opened up new opportunities. That's how I joined the PZA Youth Group, which I'm still part of today. Along the way I earned my PZA Rock Climbing Instructor licence and joined the SAKWA climbing club. I climb up to VI.6+ on sport routes, and on trad gear I've climbed a route graded 7c+/8a.

I spend weekends, mornings and afternoons climbing in all sorts of places in Poland and abroad: Jura limestone, the granite of Lower Silesia and the Tatras and, of course, climbing gyms (Korona, Avatar). I've been to Yosemite, the French and Italian Alps, the Dolomites and many other sport and trad climbing areas.

I've been teaching climbing since I was 17 — passing on knowledge, but also a bit of myself, and building relationships. That's what I find most rewarding about teaching: the relationships often go beyond the rock face or the plywood panel and become part of everyday life.